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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2129460" data-attributes="member: 4235">Am I willing to kill a man over a microphone?&nbsp; No, not with the current legal system we live under.&nbsp; It considers that sort of thing to be murder.&nbsp; Which do I think is worth more -- a thief&#039;s life or a piece of my property?&nbsp; Easy -- my continued possession of my property brings a lot more happiness to my life than the continued existence of some piece of filth.&nbsp; Their continued existence actually holds a negative value for me.&nbsp; So if we didn&#039;t have the legal constraints we currently do, I would absolutely kill a man for stealing my property, if it was the only (or even the easiest) way available to me to keep him from making off with my stuff.&nbsp; If this were allowed, people who value their lives would simply need to make sure that they don&#039;t put their continued life in conflict with the rights of other people.&nbsp; You win!&nbsp; And you are more of a philosopher than you give yourself credit for if you understand all the implications of what you just said!&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2129460, member: 4235"] Am I willing to kill a man over a microphone? No, not with the current legal system we live under. It considers that sort of thing to be murder. Which do I think is worth more -- a thief's life or a piece of my property? Easy -- my continued possession of my property brings a lot more happiness to my life than the continued existence of some piece of filth. Their continued existence actually holds a negative value for me. So if we didn't have the legal constraints we currently do, I would absolutely kill a man for stealing my property, if it was the only (or even the easiest) way available to me to keep him from making off with my stuff. If this were allowed, people who value their lives would simply need to make sure that they don't put their continued life in conflict with the rights of other people. You win! And you are more of a philosopher than you give yourself credit for if you understand all the implications of what you just said! ;) [/QUOTE]

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